<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Tim,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>your message quoted:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>---------------------------------</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Well, if you installed an X server, you can log in and type the startx<BR>command. If that works, you know that you'll be able to change your<BR>inittab to always boot up in run level 5 (where X is run automatically).<BR>If not, you'll have to install or get X working first.<BR><BR>The /etc/inittab file has a line with id:3:initdefault near the start,<BR>the number is the default initial run level. Once you'd got X running,<BR>you'd change that 3 to a 5. You need to be the root user to edit that<BR>file.<BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial>(Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.)<BR><BR>Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.<BR>I read messages from the public lists.<BR><BR><FONT size=2>------------------------------------------------------------------</FONT></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000><STRONG>Well I probably know what is happening to my problem. It is the memory size insufficient to install and run X-Window in F-Core 5 during FC-5 installation. Mine has only 128Mb but the min. requirement is</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000><STRONG>256MB for Graphical mode. Isn't it correct? Therefore,</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000><STRONG>I remembered during installation it mentioned not enough</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000><STRONG>memory to run graphical mode and so I can't see X-server</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000><STRONG>or X-window sitting else where in the system.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000><STRONG>As advised, it is not practical to force installation of X-Window</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000><STRONG>until I upgrade my memory to 256Mb(my desktop's max limit) and reinstall FC-5 all over again.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000><STRONG>Pls correct me if i am wrong?</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800000>However, logically tells, why it kept prompting for :</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800000>Localhost logic:</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800000>password:</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800000>instead of booting up in text mode gracefully, and now I really can't go into text mode with that prompt. What info should i enter</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800000>in order to skip it or pass it. I have no clue....</FONT></STRONG></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000><STRONG>Best regards,</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#800000><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><STRONG><FONT color=#800000>Claude YU</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>